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The Shannahley Foundation at a glance

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The Shannahley Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$45k
Granted FY2024still arriving
5
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$352kHealth$162kFood & Nutrition$71kAnimals$60kEmployment$43kHousing & Shelter$40kArts & Culture$15kCivil Rights$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $30k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$408k
Total assets

Anchored by a single position: about 98% of reported assets are held in Pnc.

Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TRIALS FOR HOPE$10,000
TRIALS FOR HOPE$10,000
FRIENDS OF CITY DOGS CLEVELAND$10,000
LEHMAN COLLEGE$7,500
EDEN ALTERNATIVE$7,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 20%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 97% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 14%NORTH ADAMS AMBULANCE SERVICE INC: $5k → 12%THE PLATTSBURGH COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%EDEN ALTERNATIVE: $7k → 14%NY CITY GRAY PANTHER NETWORK: $30k → 17%HOUSING PLUS: $10k → 20%LEHMAN COLLEGE: $70k → 28%ANIMAL RESCUE FRIENDS: $5k → 13%PRETERM: $10k → 17%NY CITY GRAY PANTHER NETWORK: $15k → 17%HOUSING PLUS: $5k → 20%LEHMAN COLLEGE: $63k → 28%THE METROHEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $33k → 17%NY CITY GRAY PANTHER NETWORK: $13k → 17%LEHMAN COLLEGE: $63k → 28%THE METROHEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $15k → 17%NY CITY GRAY PANTHER NETWORK: $10k → 17%LEHMAN COLLEGE: $10k → 28%THE METROHEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $15k → 17%NY CITY GRAY PANTHER NETWORK: $10k → 17%LEHMAN COLLEGE: $10k → 28%METRO HEALTH FOUNDATION: $11k → 17%NY CITY GRAY PANTHER NETWORK: $7k → 17%LEHMAN COLLEGE: $8k → 28%METRO HEALTH FOUNDATION: $9k → 17%NY CITY GRAY PANTHER NETWORK: $5k → 17%LEHMAN COLLEGE: $8k → 28%METRO HEALTH FOUNDATION: $7k → 17%CUNY GRADUTE CENTER FOUNDATION: $5k → 17%LEHMAN COLLEGE: $7k → 28%METRO HEALTH FOUNDATION: $5k → 17%NY CITY GRAY PANTHER NETWORK: $5k → 17%COGSWELL HALL INC: $10k → 17%COMMUNITY VOICES HEARD: $15k → 17%COMMUNITY VOICES HEARD: $10k → 17%FRIENDS OF CITY DOGS CLEVELAND: $10k → 17%FRIENDS OF CITY DOGS CLEVELAND: $10k → 17%TRIALS FOR HOPE: $10k → 17%TRIALS FOR HOPE: $10k → 17%TRIALS FOR HOPE: $10k → 17%TRAILS FOR HOPE: $10k → 17%TRIALS FOR HOPE: $10k → 17%TRIALS FOR HOPE: $10k → 17%GREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK: $7k → 17%ACLU OF OHIO: $10k → 17%PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER OHIO: $10k → 17%PLANNED PARENTHOOD: $10k → 17%CUYAHOGA COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER: $10k → 17%CUYAHOGA COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER: $10k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$657k · 11 repeat orgs$95k to everyone else

11 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
16

Total granted

$657k
$88k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
+31%

Still filing today

45%
25%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthAnimalsEducationEmploymentFood & NutritionHousing & ShelterOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • TM
    THE METROHEALTH FOUNDATION INC
    7× · 2017–2023 · $120k · revenue +103%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF CITY DOGS CLEVELAND
    2× · 2023–2024 · $20k · revenue +12%
  • HP
    Housing Plus Solutions Inc
    3× · 2020–2022 · $10k · revenue +179%

Funded once

  • AO
    ACLU OF OHIO
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
  • PP
    PLANNED PARENTHOOD
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
  • PP
    PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER OHIOgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +70%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Global Cleveland

Global cleveland is dedicated to growing northeast ohio's economy by welcoming and connecting international people to opportunities and fostering a more inviting community for those seeking a place to call home.

Human Services
2
Greater Cleveland Volunteers

Greater cleveland volunteers enriches the community and indivuduals through volunteer service. volunteers age 18 and older are recruited and placed in the agency's programs or referred to local nonprofit or public organizations to help…

Philanthropy
3
Hospice & Palliative Care of the Ohio Valley Inc

Helping individuals live with dignity through the final stage of life.

Human Services
4
Cleveland Social Venture Partners

Collaborate Cleveland invests in local changemakers serving women and advancing gender justice in Cleveland while advocating for the long-term change of policies and practices that have historically disadvantaged women.

Philanthropy
5
Cuyahoga Health Access Partnership

To transform cuyahoga county into a model of health and wellness by connecting individuals to access to care

—
6
Diabetes Partnership of Cleveland

Diabetes partnership of cleveland works to provide relevant and sustainable programming, education, resources and supplies to the community in northeast ohio affected by diabetes.

—
7
Strategies to End Homelessness Inc

Strategies to End Homelessness leads a coordinated community effort to end homelessness in Greater Cincinnati.

Human Services
8
Ohio United Way

To strengthen the capacity of United Ways across Ohio and to advance the common good for Ohioans.

Philanthropy
9
Community Shelter Board

The community shelter board is ending homelessness by creating collaborations, innovating solutions, and investing in quality programs.

—
10
The Greater Cincinnati Foundation

As a trusted and connected partner, we inspire generous people to invest in a more equitable and vibrant region now and for generations to come.

Philanthropy
11
Cleveland Hope Exchange Inc

To serve the local community of Cleveland, OH by distributing food, Bibles, backpacks, school supplies, hygiene products, and other essential consumer goods to alleviate poverty and homelessness.

—
12
Literary Cleveland

Literary Cleveland assists writers and readers at all stages of development, promotes new and existing literature of the highest quality, and advances Northeast Ohio as a vital center of diverse voices and visions.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Greater Cleveland Food Bank Inc; the most unlike its peers is Trials for Hope Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

12 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 12 of the 28 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/12
Grantees still filing
7/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LEHMAN COLLEGE: $247,000 · OtherLEHMAN COLLEGENY CITY GRAY PANTHER NETWORK: $96,500 · OtherNY CITY GRAY PANTHER NETWORKTRIALS FOR HOPE INC: $60,000 · OtherTRIALS FOR HOPE INCCUYAHOGA COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER: $30,000 · OtherCUYAHOGA COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER+14 more: $85,500 · Other+14 moreTHE METROHEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $119,833 · HealthTHE METROHEALTH FOUND…PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER OHIO: $10,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF…THE EDEN ALTERNATIVE INC: $7,000 · HealthNORTH ADAMS AMBULANCE SERVICE INC: $5,000 · HealthCommunity Voices Heard Inc: $40,000 · EmploymentFRIENDS OF CITY DOGS CLEVELAND: $20,000 · AnimalsTHE CLEVELAND ANIMAL PROTECTIVE LEAGUE: $5,000 · AnimalsGREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC: $11,000 · Food & NutritionHousing Plus Solutions Inc: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterPLATTSBURGH COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · Education
Other$519,000Health$141,833Employment$40,000Animals$25,000Food & Nutrition$11,000Housing & Shelter$10,000Education$5,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE METROHEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $119,833 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetTRIALS FOR HOPE INC: $60,000 over 4y, 5.2% of budgetCommunity Voices Heard Inc: $40,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF CITY DOGS CLEVELAND: $20,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetCogswell Hall Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetGREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC: $11,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHousing Plus Solutions Inc: $10,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER OHIO: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE EDEN ALTERNATIVE INC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPLATTSBURGH COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNORTH ADAMS AMBULANCE SERVICE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CLEVELAND ANIMAL PROTECTIVE LEAGUE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds THE METROHEALTH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds TRIALS FOR HOPE INC ↗
  • Who funds Community Voices Heard Inc ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF CITY DOGS CLEVELAND ↗
  • Who funds Cogswell Hall Inc ↗
  • Who funds GREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds Housing Plus Solutions Inc ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER OHIO ↗
  • Who funds THE EDEN ALTERNATIVE INC ↗
  • Who funds PLATTSBURGH COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTH ADAMS AMBULANCE SERVICE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CLEVELAND ANIMAL PROTECTIVE LEAGUE ↗

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Donor Advised Charitable Giving IncCO5.3× affinity5 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Shannahley Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Shannahley Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • North Adams Ambulance Service Inc: 12% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 28 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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